Key Facts

Snapshot:	her husband died young; owned slaves
Parents:	uncertain
Born:	26 May 1803 North Carolina
Died:	July 1851 probably Bulloch County, Georgia
Buried:	unknown

327Elizabeth Ellis was born 26 May 18031 in North Carolina.2

Problem: Unresolved Who were 327Elizabeth's parents? In Alvaretta Kenan Register's book Everett/Everitt Family: A Genealogical History, she writes that 327Elizabeth's parents are "Benjamin Ellis and wife Absalean (thought by some descendants to be Mincey)" but fails to cite adequate evidence. She does, however, mention some notable facts that could prove useful in future research: • 326John C. Everett (327Elizabeth's husband) was an executor of the will of Philip Mincey.3 • Benjamin Ellis was appointed an administrator of 326John C. Everett's estate.4 (However, I suspect that this Benjamin Ellis is the young man—i.e., not old enough to have been 327Elizabeth's father—who is listed just a few households above 327Elizabeth in the 1840 census.5 Perhaps he is a son of the supposed father Benjamin Ellis.)

327Elizabeth married 327John C. Everitt in Bulloch County, Georgia on 22 February 1824.6 For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

Her husband 327John died young in 1835.1 The 1840 census shows 327Elizabeth with several young children, an elderly woman (perhaps "Absalan Ellis," who appears again in the 1850 census below2), and six slaves, living next door to her father-in-law 652Joshua Everett.5

1840: 327Elizabeth's family in Bulloch County, Georgia. Full page.5

1840: 327Elizabeth's slaves. Full page.5

By 1850 only one of her children still lived with her, although Absalan Ellis (327Elizabeth's alleged mother, as explained above) was still there, too,2 and six slaves.7 The 1850 census also surveyed 327Elizabeth's farm: 1, 2,8 template.

1850: 327Elizabeth's family still in Bulloch County, Georgia. Full page.2

1850: 327Elizabeth's six slaves. Full page.7

327Elizabeth died in July 1851.1 Her estate inventory lists two slaves (Bobb and Hampton, who were previously mentioned in 326John C. Everett's estate records), copius farming equipment/supplies and animals, a weaver's loom, mosquito netting, some books, and other items.9 *

Footnote:

*

Alvaretta Kenan Register's Everett/Everitt Family: A Genealogical History claims on page 18 that 327Elizabeth has an estate division record in "Bulloch County, Georgia, Book 6A, p. 303, Office of Probate Judge, Statesboro, Georgia." I've been unable to find any such record book, although I made only a brief search.

Sources Cited:

1: Bible of John Carter Everett, described in 1987 as being in possession of John P. Rabun, Jr., 301-B Lakemoore Drive NE, Atlanta, Georgia, although current disposition is unknown. Cited in: Alvaretta Kenan Register and David M. Foley (ed.), Everett/Everitt Family: A Genealogical History (the Estate of Alvaretta Kenan Register, Statesboro, Georgia, 1987), page 18. In reporting 327Elizabeth's date of death, Mrs. Register first writes the date 24 July 1851 (on page 17), but on the next page writes 14 July 1851. Unfortunately, the correct date can't be determined without referring back to the original record, whose disposition is unknown.

2: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Bulloch County, Georgia. Page 264, dwelling 394, family 404, Absalan Ellis household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 62. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XC3Q-JJN?i=56&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYF-JMN>.

3: Bulloch County, Georgia. Ordinary court minutes, volume X (1815-1843), page 74. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-2W9D-3?i=43&cat=152418>, accessed 3 September 2019.

4: Bulloch County, Georgia. Ordinary court minutes, volume X (1815-1843), page 151. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-2W9Z-X?i=82&cat=152418>, accessed 3 September 2019.

5: 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Bulloch County, Georgia. Page 126, Elizabeth Everit household. NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 37. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY2-3SHS?i=20&cc=1786457&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHBC-YJC> and <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY2-SB7F?i=21&cc=1786457>, accessed 4 September 2019.

6: Bulloch County, Georgia. Marriage book 2A, page 67, marriage of John Everitt and Eliza Ellis. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93G-F97M-1?i=180&cc=1999178&cat=335052>, accessed 2 September 2019.

7: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Bulloch County, Georgia. Page 431, slaves of Elizabeth Everitt. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll _. Copied from Ancestry.com. Although I used Ancestry.com, the census image is also available on FamilySearch: <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XX8W-9VR?i=6&cc=1420440&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMVHK-WHP>.

8: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Agriculture Schedule). Bulloch County, Georgia. Pages 11-12 (or 96-97 or 117-118), entry 19, Elizabeth Everitt farm. NARA microfilm publication T1137, roll 1. The NARA provides a helpful template. Although difficult to read on this copy, columns 20-23 are blank, column 45 (value of homemade manufactures) is 10, and column 46 (value of animals slaughtered) seems to be 73 but I'm not certain.

9: Bulloch County, Georgia. Court of ordinary. Wills & misc. estate records, volume 5A (1845-1854), pages 267-269. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893G-6QTM?i=451&cc=1999178&cat=155415> et seq., accessed 9 September 2019.